26 Audible Productions Named as Finalists for 2017 Audie Awards

NEWARK, N.J.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Audible.com today announced that its two production arms, Audible
Studios and the Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX), received a combined
26 nominations for the 2017 Audie Awards, which honor outstanding
audiobooks and other spoken-word performances. Audible has finalists in
sixteen categories. Winners will be announced by the Audio Publishers
Association at the Audies Gala on June 1, 2017, in New York.

“We are so proud of the Audible Studios and ACX productions recognized
this year, all of which attest to our ever-rising standards of quality”

“We are so proud of the Audible Studios and ACX productions recognized
this year, all of which attest to our ever-rising standards of quality,”
said Audible EVP and Publisher Beth Anderson. “We are honored to have
been able to work with some of Hollywood’s finest actors in 2016, and we
are particularly excited that three Audible titles have been named as
finalists in the 'Original Work' category for the fourth year in a row.
The category continues to expand the range of listening experiences we
offer our customers.”

Academy Award-winning actress Emma Thompson’s chilling interpretation
of The Turn of the Screw in the “Best Female Narrator” category

Alien: Out of the Shadows, an audio original dramatization,
written by Tim Lebbon and Dirk Maggs, including elaborate sound
design, music, and a full cast, in both the “Best Audio Drama” and the
“Best Original Work” categories

Stage and screen actor Richard Armitage’s charming performance of David
Copperfield in the “Best Literary Fiction and Classics” category

Zachary Quinto’s simmering rendition of New York Times
bestselling author John Scalzi’s audio original novella, The
Dispatcher, in both the “Best Original Work” and “Best Science
Fiction” categories

Acclaimed actors Dominic West, Janet McTeer, and the cast of the
London Stage play Les Liaisons Dangereuses for their
performance of the audio drama of the same name in the “Best
Multi-Voiced Performance” category

Nine of Audible’s 26 finalists this year were produced and/or
distributed via the Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX), an online audio
rights marketplace and production platform launched by Audible in 2011.

Audible invented and commercialized the first digital audio player in
1997, and has since been at the forefront of the explosively growing
audiobook download segment. Audible members downloaded an average of
more than 17 books over the course of the year. More than half of new
Audible members are first-time audiobook buyers.

ABOUT AUDIBLE, INC.

Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com,
Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), is the leading provider of premium
digital spoken audio information and entertainment, offering customers a
new way to enhance and enrich their lives every day. Audible was created
to unleash the emotive music in language and the habituating power and
utility of verbal expression. Audible content includes more than 350,000
audio programs from leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters,
entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business
information providers. Audible is also the provider of spoken-word audio
products for Apple’s iTunes Store.

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